Card-filing device.



E. STRASSEL.

CARD FILING DEVICE.

APPLICATIQN FILED MAY a, 1917.

Patentad Nov. 20, 19171'.

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MMIII CARD-FILING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 22, 191'?.

Application filed May 8, 1917. Serial No. 167,209.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD S'rnAssnL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of New York, borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, andState of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inCard-Filing Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactspecication.

This invention relates to a class of devices adapted to be used forpermitting records to be kept in a convenient manner. l

My invention has for its object primarily to provide a simple, eiiicientand durable ling device whereby cards and the like on which the namesand addresses of persons as well as records of various subject mattersare indexed may be kept for ready reference, and which is of a formconsisting mainly of a drawer adapted to be applied to a casing with anopening so as to be movable inwardly and outwardly thereof. The draweris preferably composed of two interiitting extensibly movable members sothat cards may be arranged in closely packed order therein as well aspermitting of being spaced apart for easy selection, and in the upperparts of the members of the drawer may be provided spaced supports offorms which are extensibly adjustable in unison with the movements ofthe members.

Other objects of the invention are to provide stops whereby the relativemovements of the members of the drawer will be limited; and to provideon the casing of the drawer a stop to prevent accidental separation ofthe drawer therefrom.

A vpractical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawing forming a part of this specification in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews, and will then be pointed out in the claims at the end of thedescription.

In the drawing, Figure 1 is a perspective View of one form of cardfiling device embodying my invention.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, partly in detail,taken on the line II-II of Fig. 1, and y Fig. 3 is a detail sectionalview taken on the line III-III of Fig. 2.

The card filing device has a casing, or cabinet l0 which may be of anydesired shape and size, though the casing illustrated is substantiallyrectangular with an open end, and the interior of the casing may bedivided by vertical and transverse partitions, as 11 and 12, forproviding a number of chambers vleading into the casing from its openend, or forms of the casing may be made with only one chamber.

Movable inwardly and outwardly of the open end of each chamber of thecasing is a drawer 13 composed of two intertting extensibly movablemembers, as 14 and 15. The member 14 of the drawer has a rear verticalwall 16 of an approximately square shape of a size to slidably titclosely in the chamber of the casing, and extending forwardly from thelower corners of this wall are two similar bars, or elongated plates, as17 and 18, which are disposed in spaced parallel arrangement. Each ofthe bars 17 and 18 are preferably substantially L- shaped, incross-section, to provide each with a horizontal arm 19 and a verticalarm 20. Both of these L-shaped bars are disposed so that theirhorizontal arms extend from the lower edge of the rear wall 16 of themember 14, while their vertical arms extend from the side edges of therear wall, and the free ends of the bars are held against movement by astrip, or bar 21 connecting the longitudinal arms of the bars. Themember 15 of the drawer has a vertically disposed front wall 22 of asize so as to removably fit closely in the open end of its chamber ofthe casing 10, and extending rearwardly of the lower corners of thefront wall are two corresponding bars, or elongated plates 23 and 24also disposed in spaced parallel arrangement. These bars of the member15 are disposed so as to slidably interit in the member 14 of thedrawer, the bars being of slightly less lengths as well as being ofsomewhat narrower widths than the bars of the member 14. rIhe bars 23and 24 of the member 15 arel also preferably substantially L-shaped, incross-section, to provide each with a horizontal arm 25 and a verticalarm 26. These L-shaped bars are arranged so that their horizontal armsextend from the lower edge of the front wall 22 of the member 15, whiletheir vertical arms extend from the side edges of this front wall, andthe free ends of the bars are held against movement `by a strip, or bar27 connecting the horizontal arms of the bars. By forming the drawer inthis manner the member 15 is slidably adjustable inwardly and outwardlyofthe member 14 so that the drawer in entirety will be extensiblymovable in the casing 10.

Serving as means whereby the relative movements of the members 14 and 15may be extensibly limited stops, as 28 and 29, are

rovided. These stops are preferably in the forms of pins, bothprojecting outwardly in alinement in opposite directions from the endparts of the vertical arms 26 of the bars 23 and 24 of the member 15,and these pins, or stops are movably disposed in regis tered slots, as30 and 31, provided lengthwise in the vertical arms 20, respectively, ofthe bars 17 and 18 of the member 14 of the drawer. The slots 30 and 31are of lengths so that when the mem'ber 15 of the drawer is guidedoutwardly of the member 14 these pins will contact with the forward endsof the slots, and in turn the relative extensible movements of thedrawer will be limited.

Also servingvto prevent accidental sepa` ration of the drawer from itscasing, on the underside of the top wall 32 of the casing 10 inproximity to the open end of the chamber of the drawer is a stop 33which is preferably in the form of a transverse strip of a width so thatwhen the drawer is withdrawn outwardly of the casing a desired distancethe rear wall 16 of the member 14 will contact with the upper end ofthis stop, or strip to prevent the drawer from separating from thecasing.

In order to permit index cards, as 34, to be slidably as well asremovably carried in the drawer for keeping reference records thereon ofthe names and addresses of persons, and other various subject matters,in the upper part of the drawer are provided supports, as 35 and 36,which are preferably alike in formation. Both of the supports 35 and 36are extensibly adjustable, and each support may consist of two flat rods37, 37a and 38, 38. The rods 37, 37a of the supports extend into thedrawer in spaced parallel arrangement from the rear wall 16 ofthe member14 of the drawer so as to be spaced a suitable distance above theL-shaped bars 17 and 18 of this member, and these rods are of similarlengths to the lengths of the L-shaped bars thereunder. The rods 38, 38aof the supports extend also into the drawer from the front wall 22 ofthe member 15 with each other as well as With the rods 37 37EL so as toslidably contact with the rods 37, 37, and the rods 38, 38a are oflengths corresponding to the lengths of the L-shaped bars 23 and 24 ofthe member 15. lengthwise of the rods 37 37a of the supports 35 and v36are registered elongated slots 39, 39, and movable in these slots arepins 40 projecting laterally from the ends of the rods 38, 38a of thesupports. Through the Through the central parts central parts lengthwiseof the rods 38, 38a of the supports 35 and 36 are registered elongatedslots 41, 41a, and movable in these slots are pins 42 protrudinglaterally from the ends of the rods 37 37a of the supports. By makingthe supports 35 and 36 in these forms they are adapted to be extensiblyadjusted according to the movements of the members of thedrawer so thatindex cards, especially of the types illustrated, may be slidably andremovably mounted on the supports in the drawer in closely packed order,and when the members of the drawers are extensibly pulled outwardly ofthe -casing the cards may be spaced apart for ready selection andreference.

In the foregoing description, I have embodied the preferred form of myinvention, but I do not wish to be understood as limiting myselfthereto, as I am aware that modiications may be made therein withoutdeparting from the principle, or sacrificing any of the advantages ofthis invention, therefore I reserve to myself the right to make suchchanges as fairly fall within the scope thereof. Y

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent:-

1. In a card le, a drawer adapted to be applied to a casing with an openend so as to be movable inwardly and outwardly of the casing and saiddrawer including two intertting extensibly movable members, and spacedsupports arranged lengthwise in the upper parts of the drawer, saidsupports being extensibly adjustable in unison with the movements of themembers of the drawer.

2. In a card file, a drawer adapted to be` applied to a casing with anopen end so as to be movable inwardly and outwardly of the casing and'said drawer including two intertting extensibly movable members, spacedsupports arranged lengthwise in the upper parts of the drawer, saidsupports being eX- tensbly adjustable in unison with the movements ofthe members of the drawer, and stops on the members of the drawerwhereby the relative movements of the members extensibly will belimited.

3. In a card file, a drawer adapted to be applied to a casing with anopen end so as to be movable inwardly and outwardly of the casing andsaid drawer including two interlitting extensibly movable members,spaced supports arranged lengthwise in the upper parts of the drawer,said supports being extensibly adjustable in unison with the movementsof the members of the drawer, stops on the members of the drawer wherebythe relative movements of the members extensibly will be limited, and astop on the casing to prevent accidental separation of the drawer fromthe casing.

4. In a card file, a casing with an opening,

Learner a drawer movable inwardly and outwardly of the casing and saiddrawer including two intertting extensibly movable members, and twospaced supports arranged lengthwise in the upper parts of the drawer,each of said supports being composed of two connected rods extensiblyadjustable in unison with the movements of the members of the drawer.

5. In a card file,- a casing with an opening, a drawer movable inwardlyand outwardly of the casing and said drawer including two interittingextensibly movable members, two spaced supports arranged lengthwise inthe upper parts of thedrawer, each of said supports being composed oftwo connected rods extensibly adjustable in unison with the movements ofthe members of the drawer, and stops on the members of the drawerwhereby the relative movements of the members extensibly will belimited.

6; In a card file, a casing with an opening, a drawer movable inwardlyand outwardly of the casing and said drawer-including two interlttingextensibly movable members, two spaced supports arranged lengthwise inthe upper parts of the drawer, each of said supports being composed oftwo connected rods extensibly adjustable in unison with the movements ofthe members of the drawer, stops on the members oit the drawer wherebythe relative movements of the members l y extensibly will be limited,and a stop on the casing to prevent accidental separation of the drawerfrom the casing.

7. In a card file, a casing with an opening, a drawer movable inwardlyand outwardly of the casing and said drawer including two interttingextensibly movable members, two spaced supports arranged lengthwise inthe upper parts of the drawer, each of said supports being composed oftwo coacting rods extensibly adjustable in unison with the movements ofthe members of the drawer, and stops on therods whereby their relativemovements extensbly will be limited.

8. In a card file, a casingwith an opening, a drawer movable inwardlyand outwardly of the casing and said drawer including two interlittingextensibly movable members, two spaced supports arranged lengthwise inthe upper parts ofthe drawer, each of said supports being composed o'ftwo coacting rods extensibly adjustable in unison with 'the movements ofthe members of the drawer, stops on the rods whereby their relativemovements extensibly will be limited and a stop on the casing to preventaccidental separation of the drawer from the casing.

This specification signed and witnessed this seventh day of Ma. A. D.1917.

EDW RD STRASSEL. Witnesses:

GEORGE ll". BENTLEY, V. M. RH.

